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A Swiss energy company has just begun construction on what will be by far the country’s largest solar energy producer, as a rooftop project in Geneva will overtake a sun-absorbing stadium in Bern.
Criticism of current Swiss banking practices is mounting following recent revelations that funds from corrupt foreign leaders are being stored in Swiss banks. Experts and politicians are calling for money laundering laws to be tightened.
Swiss scientists searching for the “altruism gene” use robots to show why creatures, human and otherwise, sacrifice themselves for the sake of others.
A sweeping new Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibition in Zurich pays tribute to the father of photojournalism in a career-spanning retrospective.
Secularists in the Swiss canton of Zurich are up in arms over the introduction of a compulsory course on religion and culture in public schools. (hughmiller) ZURICH – The fastest-growing religious status in the central Swiss canton of Zurich is not Islam, but atheism. According to the most recent census, one in five Zurich residents […]
Padma is Europe’s only pharmaceutical company producing Tibetan medicines, working to adapt Eastern cures to strict Western regulations. Tibetan monks at Wutun monastery (Tom Thai) Michael von Ledebur WETZIKON – Allspice, columbine herb, gypsum, marigold petals, cardamom, sandalwood, Icelandic moss: the list is long of ingredients in Padma 28. The compound, which is the Swiss […]
There are some 50 hotels in Switzerland with explicitly Christian affiliations, thriving in tough economic (and spiritual) times. The Ländli Center in Oberägeri, Switzerland is a large, well-furnished complex in an ideal location. It boasts a spa, conference center, holiday resort, and spacious wellness center. From the hotel restaurant’s dining room, you can gaze out […]
Swiss-based Ethical Coffee Company, run by a former top Nespresso executive, ready to crank up its production of its biodegradable, single-use coffee pods. ANNEMASSE – The challenge to Nespresso starts brewing here. The Ethical Coffee Company (ECC) has leased a 4,000 square meter factory in the French town of Annemasse, just across the Swiss border. […]